I asked in python chat about this answer to make sure it's considered a link-only-answer.
I flagged it as NAA. A few minutes later a user added some of the link content into the answer, making it an ...

During LQP review I generally flag link-only answers for deletion. However, I've run across several answers recently where the question describes a situation resulting from a bug that is logged in a ...

I just answered this question with linking and explaing a tutorial I wrote by myself on the official redmine page. But I'm not sure if I have extracted enough from my tutorial into the answer of if I ...

I noticed this happening a lot when looking at the questions tagged with software-tools but my question is for the general case.
Stack Overflow says that an answer that doesn't work without the links ...

I'm referring this question.
In this scenario, the answer will be a very short one containing the link, that's acceptable and the right thing. There is nothing much to explain seperately, as such or ...

There was only a two hour window before the moderator decided to delete the answer. In the spirit of making the answer more informative, I have provided an update that addresses the specific part of ...

This question is actually an answer to few other questions and it's not actually a question itself. The answer to the question extends the answer. The solution refers to a library (probably developed ...

I was just looking at the low-quality posts queue and I got this answer. Normally, I would recommend for deletion as a link only answer not spam but it has +5. I know the link is good but then again I ...

As per the title really, I came across this answer which is pretty much link only. The link appears to be dead but there is a cached version of the page here.
Is it acceptable to edit the answer with ...

I recently got review-banned for failing a review audit. I don't much care that I'm banned1; I'll wait two days, maybe devote some time to actually answering, and keep reviewing.
This is the text, in ...

I flagged one answer which is a link-only answer, but it was disputed.
So, my questions here are:
Is it just because of it having three upvotes?
Is that answer good?
What if in the future that link ...

I was reviewing the Low Quality Posts and I encountered an answer which just gives a link to another answer on Stack Overflow. I hit the Recommend Deletion because it is a link only answer. But it was ...

There is a particular question about Toolbars in Android, and there was one link-only answer. Considering that link-only answers expire over time, I copied the content over and formatted it according ...

While browsing, I fell on this answer. It attempts to answer the question of What is REST? by providing two excellent links (a blog-style post and the actual thesis) and an edit explaining there is no ...

I have a little doubt. If anybody is posting his website/blog links in answers as an example to explain the question asked specific to the topic wherever possible(means he is providing his links as ...

http://stackoverflow.com/a/317065/621316
It is 100% a "link-only answer", which unless I'm mistaken are to be deleted according to the rules. What should I do when coming across such an "answer"? I ...

There are pages and pages of questions here about how to correctly and incorrectly flag answers as "not an answer" - which itself to me kind of suggests that that whole process needs some love - and ...

See Best way to detect integer overflow in C/C++ and Best way to detect integer overflow in C/C++, these are clearly link-only answers. W/o the links these answers say nothing. These two flags were ...

When I was going through the new questions, I came across this question Linux system monitoring . Well, the question in itself was off-topic because the OP had asked for a system monitoring tool. So, ...

There's been much discussion about link-only answers, but there seems to be an increasing trend towards link-only questions. These are usually of the form 'My code is here (insert link) - please fix' ...

EDIT: The point is the answer was NOT "low quality" - the QUESTION was! The answer PERFECTLY answers the question! Why do you guys not READ before voting??? Link: International Weather API for Ruby on ...

I recently encountered this as an audit
http://stackoverflow.com/review/first-posts/6516471
As with most audits, it was an obvious audit and easy to pass, BUT although we usually discourage link only ...

Some links may in cause of time disappear and become invalid. Hence it would be good to have a mechanism to crawl the old links in the site and also have a snapshot of the link. For new posts the snap ...

As I was reviewing post I got first answer in the image as Review first post. As I found it ok so I clicked no need to Review and after that I got one message "Review Audit failed (Come back in 7 days ...

I posted an answer to a question. It linked to a blog post where I had gone through the answer in detail. What I posted did not seem any different from any number of other answers I have seen on Stack ...

Why was this answer from me deleted?
Was it because I also posted it here(was deleted, too), but then why remove both answers? I couldn't comment on these answers and I thought it would be helpful to ...

I know we have very similar topics on a regular basis. I thought the definition of a "link-only answer" had been fairly well established, mainly based on @Shog9's canonical Your answer is in another ...

Three years ago I have given the a link-only answer which promoted my library in the following question without authorship disclosure. This answer was later deleted as spam/link-only which it deserved ...

I ever thought answers that just contain links to content that is serving a answer aren't welcome on SO as answers. More they had to be a comment.
But when I reviewed those answers and flagged them ...